UK court grants BA Christmas strike reprieve

British Airways yesterday obtained an injunction from the UK High Court blocking a 12-day flight attendant strike because of irregularities in the balloting conducted by the Unite union, which countered with a promise that its dispute with the airline "is not settled."
The court agreed with BA's argument that the strike vote, results of which were announced Monday, was invalid because around 900 participants already had decided to accept voluntary redundancy. Exclusion of those voters would ...